On July 1st and 2nd, the city of Nairobi, Kenya will play host to the second annual India Africa Entrepreneurship Forum (IAEF), whose primary objective is to foster connections between the entrepreneurial ecosystems of India and Africa.

Would you stand on the roof of a moving automobile and gaze out through the windshield in order to obtain the ideal shot? Vera Chidinma Okoh, also known as Chief Vera, is this week's guest on our podcast, and she did all of those things and more. She recounts her path from studying dentistry to being one of the most popular YouTubers in Enugu.

Announced that they will be working together with Chelsea Football Club as their Official Sleeve Partner. This will result in the WhaleFin emblem being displayed on the shirts of both the men's and women's teams.

At the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit, Obi Emetarom, CEO and Co-founder of @appzonegroup, a company that offers financial services via blockchain technology, discussed his perspectives on recent advancements in the sector.

As a result of the global financial market being forced into a more precarious position, people of all ages and nationalities around the world are reporting feelings of pressure and worry. The

An investment of strategic significance has been made by Adaverse, a Cardano ecosystem accelerator that was founded with the goal of encouraging the expansion of Web3 crypto-native enterprises in Africa.

The acquisition gives Amber Group the ability to engage in relevant regulated operations under the jurisdiction of Type 1, 2, 4, 5, and 9 licenses from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

The streaming platform known as Northflix has successfully completed three years of operation in the digital space.

According to Kenya's directorate of criminal investigations, a group of Kenyan students have been stealing the email credit cards of foreigners through the use of email phishing and using the stolen money to buy bitcoin. This activity was carried out by the group ( DCI).

Buchi Onyegbule's line of work takes him all over sub-Saharan Africa, where he teaches empathy to children and adults through the use of collaborative storytelling and role-playing.

It's possible that Nana Ghartey's voice assistant software got its start at his grandmother's house, but these days it's being used by thousands of visually challenged and elderly people across Ghana who were previously left out of the loop by Western voice technology.

Since making money is already such a challenge, moving it should not be difficult. The answer to the question of why Pesapeer was created may be summed up as follows if you ask the company's founders: people were left stranded because they did not have access to important financial solutions. If you have ever been in that situation, you will know that there is nothing that can compare to the feeling of being stranded while trying to send [...]

The Rockefeller Center in New York is the venue for the world premiere of the flagship CAMON 19 PRO. Rockefeller Center in New York was the location where TECNO, a global luxury smartphone brand, made the announcement about the debut of its CAMON 19 series yesterday. The TECNO CAMON 19 series is a camera that was developed for young fashionistas, and it was designed to overcome the conventional obstacles connected with taking photographs at night [...]

Doktorconnect is a health technology firm with the goal of lowering the cost of providing Nigerians with telemedicine services and making it easier for them to undergo routine preventative health screenings. The organization is now able to provide Buy Now, Pay Later services thanks to a partnership with Carbon. Because of this relationship, consumers are able to obtain the treatment they require without having to be concerned about the size of their wallets. There are two [...] in Nigeria.

Egyptian fintech firm ADVA has successfully completed a seed investment round in the amount of six figures in US dollars, the details of which have not been released.

Khazenly, a digital logistics business based in Egypt, has just completed a seed fundraising round that brought in US$2.5 million. With this money, the company plans to accelerate product development and more than double its space.

A total of ten Kenyan start-up companies have been chosen to take part in the Wazo Challenge, which is being organized and operated by Hindsight Ventures. In this challenge, the companies will compete for a cash grant of $10,000 in addition to other prizes.

Altinvest is Nigeria's first ethical investment platform, and Sterling Alternative Finance has just made the announcement that it has launched it. During the course of this event, this announcement was made public.

Terminal Africa made the official announcement today that Uber will be joining the company as a fresh onboarded partner. The most recent turn of events represents yet another benchmark for the barely

A group of Nigerians are recounting Queen Amina's story using the medium of Afrobubble, despite the fact that her exploits as one of the greatest warriors in African history may have taken place many centuries ago.

Funfere Koroye is a design engineer who has worked on all four continents creating phones and shoes for a variety of different firms. He is currently a digital nomad.

The global investing and financial services business has experienced a paradigm shift as a direct result of the rise of cryptocurrencies. Previously, investors had to rely on asset managers or bankers to manage their finances. However, blockchain-based cryptocurrency tokens have given investors greater control over their assets. This is in contrast to the situation that prevailed in the past. Here are three cryptocurrencies to consider investing in if you are seeking for tokens to do so: [...]

Meme coins are often intended to be humorous or otherwise intriguing concepts that have been recorded in photographs, films, games, or other kinds of media. In most cases, they are based on these memes and capitalize on the popularity that they have achieved all over the world. Due to the fact that they have already created traction, supporters put their money on them. These are the most recent prices for Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB).

What precisely is CashFi? CashFi (CFI) is a coin that is built on the ERC-20 standard and runs on the Ethereum network. The CashFi ecosystem will be built on top of the CFI token, which will act as its underlying building block. It is going to be in charge of delivering a wide range of advantages and services to the investors. The groundbreaking combination of decentralized finance and non-fiat currencies that CashFi offers will be powered by the CFI token. The CFI for CashFi will [...]

Within the CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region, CarePay Nigeria is one of five new businesses to participate in the Visa everywhere effort. Around a thousand applications came in from all over the CEMEA region, which consists of approximately one hundred different nations. The five finalists were chosen from those applications, and the innovative health tech startup is one of them. The competition for the CEMEA regional finals in 2022 [...]

It's not hard to notice that crypto aficionados and Mark Zuckerberg have a passion for the metaverse, and it's the one thing that seems to unite the two groups. In contrast, their understanding of the metaverse may be entirely unique, which may have important repercussions for the industry of financial technology as well as other types of electronic trade. The metaverse is a 3D virtual environment, and it features a [...]

After shocking new data from the United States sent chills throughout the globe, there are now fears that the world is on the verge of teetering on the brink of a recession. However, the suffering is only going to become worse for western economies as a result of the United States recording the greatest rate of inflation since 1981, which has stoked fears that the global economy [...]

Publicity and communications agencies have experienced phenomenal growth in size and scope over the course of about the past decade. These agencies assist brands and companies in the development of narratives that result in sales. As a part of the process by which companies engage publicists, analysts and researchers have recognized the top public relations firms based on the results, trends, and outliers of those firms to determine who comes out on top [...]

Alumni have gone on to work at Y Combinator, TechStars, and Harambe, where they have together raised over $12 million. Cascador is an innovative accelerator program that pairs mid-stage African entrepreneurs with successful American and Nigerian businesspeople for the purpose of assisting the African entrepreneurs in preparing to develop their businesses and raise capital. There will only be room for ten business owners in the in-person program. The deadline for submission of applications is June 30. Ebun Feludu of […]

DXwand is an omnichannel conversational AI and digital assistant tool that was developed in Egypt. The company recently completed a pre-Series A fundraising round that raised one million dollars in order to expand across the region and speed up its AI research.

The Circular Plastic Economy Innovation Hub (CPIEHub) was recently established by Nigeria's Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) as part of an initiative to encourage a culture of innovation among academic institutions within the circular plastic economy sector.

Losode, a startup company based in Nigeria, is an online marketplace that connects consumers with fashion businesses. The platform also provides business growth tools to proprietors, which makes it simpler for them to scale their operations and maximizes the number of sales opportunities available to them.

Because of the persistently high level of inflation, the costs of everyday necessities like as power, water, and cooking gas are skyrocketing at an alarming rate. But Mpaya Energy's innovative solutions are giving Kenyans a competitive edge that they can take use of.

Tayo Kalejaiye, a leading creative director, has joined the amazing team that is developing the world's first human-centric metaverse, which will be located in Vault Hill City (VHC). As the

After graduating from college, @AdedanaAshebir had every intention of pursuing a career in journalism; but, a post on Facebook brought her to the attention of the African Leadership Network. At this time, she serves as the Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East at @villagecapital, where she works with business owners.

Gozem, a super app for French-speaking e-commerce, has managed to raise $10 million from the International Financial Commission (IFC) in order to make it possible for people in Togo and Benin to obtain reasonable vehicle financing.

2022-06-14 Tuesday, the 14th of June — We are ecstatic to share the news that we have achieved yet another benchmark during this quarter. We have been successful in raising a pre-seed capital of $330,000. In addition to other angel investors, Magic Fund, The Oak Capital, Future Africa, and Berrywood Capital participated in the round of funding. It is an exciting time for us because this affords us the opportunity [...]

A pre-seed funding round has been successfully completed by T40 Technologies, a tech firm that is revolutionizing the intercity transport and logistics market in Nigeria. The company, which is led by its CEO, Folarin Olulana, has developed a transport and logistics operating system that is hosted in the cloud and is designed for intercity service providers. T40, which is scheduled to be released in 2020, adds value to the Nigerian intercity transportation and logistics industry [...]

Launch Africa Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, just completed its 100th investment, making it likely the most active investor in African technology businesses. The firm also successfully closed its first fund at a total of US$36.3 million.

The Moroccan retail-tech firm WafR, which assists retail brands in the delivery of promotions to grocers, has successfully completed a seed round with a total funding amount of $1,075,000 in order to develop its workforce and extend its business operations.

The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator is now accepting applications. The program will provide chosen fintech and prop-tech firms with access to US$120,000 in equity capital as well as various sorts of support.

According to a statement that was sent to TechCabal, Egypt's first network of angel investors made an investment of an undisclosed amount in the Nigerian fintech company CredPal on June 12. The statement was about the investment.

The Series C funding round for MFS Africa, Africa's largest digital payments network, has been increased to $200 million, doubling the previous amount of $100 million.

The Africa Mobility Conference brought together industry thought leaders and key stakeholders to examine the issues, potential solutions, and the continent's overall mobility landscape moving forward.

This week, we take a look at the life of one of the most accomplished cybersecurity experts in Africa, Confidence Staveley (@sisinerd), and her path to establishing CyberSafe Foundation, a business that promotes cybersecurity best practices across Africa, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society.

A pre-seed investment round to the tune of one million dollars was completed by the Egyptian insurtech startup Nice Deer in order to assist the company in meeting its goal of offering health insurance services to small and medium-sized businesses.

FundBae, Nigeria's platform for savings and investments that is expanding at the quickest rate, has recently passed a significant milestone: 50,000 Users. FundBae is assisting regular Nigerians in their financial needs.

The leading e-commerce platform company that makes business management simpler for small and medium-sized enterprises: Bumpa, a company that aims to empower people in Africa, has partnered with Google on a new effort.

This month's edition of Pitch Friday featured an interesting new wrinkle. The following is a rundown of everything that occurred throughout the past week.

For a nation that is making significant gains with distinctive innovations in its tech area, Nigeria's payment eco-system lacks a practical iteration for a simple experience for dividing payments. This is especially problematic given that Nigeria is a country that is making crucial strides. The public's attitude toward communal expenditure suffers as a result of the increased emotional pressure that is brought on by inefficient systems of bill-sharing, which in turn hurts the economy. In order to make it easier to find a solution to this rather [...]

There is a possibility that the cryptocurrency market will not return in the same manner that it has in the past. As investors search for safe investments, the market could experience a decoupling of the greatest cryptocurrencies. As a result of the spike in inflation, the period of easy liquidity and risk investment is ended, and the only projects that will lead the way are those with significant developments and use cases. Polygon […]

The appointment of Dr. Fene Osakwe, a highly regarded executive and pioneer in the technology industry, to the Forbes Technology Council was just made public. Dr Fene Osakwe, one of Africa’s leading cyber security advisors, was accepted into the council based on his deep knowledge and diverse experience in the information technology and cyber security industry. As a member of the Forbes Technology Council, [...]

Have you ever tried to make a purchase using your bank account or credit card, only to find that the point-of-sale terminal or banking network is not functioning properly, or have you ever been ready to make a payment when you remembered that you left your wallet at home? NowNow Digital System Limited, Africa's most rapidly developing fintech and e-payments solution platform, has introduced a [...]

Tantalum Academy, a global company with a strong focus on gamified learning program as a ground-breaking method to competency development, has officially announced its presence in Nigeria. Tantalum Academy is a global corporation. Tantalum believes games mechanics is extremely effective with targeted training by bringing in huge engagement and impact. The training brings together people from a variety of different backgrounds to work on [...]

You might recognize Salem King as the gregarious individual who posts monochrome films with a distinct style on Instagram with the intention of inspiring others. He describes how he established his profession as a creator over the course of the past four years, during which time he has amassed a vast community across a variety of platforms.

Presales of a cryptocurrency are similar to crowd-funding events in that they enable project developers to obtain funds to carry the project through without causing a precipitous drop in the price of the token being sold. They also make it possible to raise early capital, which may be put toward paying for advertising or any number of other expenses. Both Filecoin and Ethereum have seen tremendous success during their presales, which has helped them [...]

DJing is a craft that has been around since the beginning of time. Okay, maybe not. However, it is a field that has been practiced for quite some time. This week on Everyday People, we have a conversation with Olamilekan Sadiq (@ necessitydj), a DJ who has a strong interest in instructing young people in computer programming.

On Wednesday, Kenya's 12th parliament voted in favor of the contentious 2020 proposal, which seeks to control professionals working in the technology sector.

Wuri Ventures has provided advisory services to over 20 new businesses and invested a total of $2 million over 14 separate transactions. These transactions include investments in Nestcoin, Carry1st, Norebase, and Whereismytransport.

The co-founders of Diago will now be responsible for overseeing the growth of local businesses before expanding Diago's footprint to additional Sub-Saharan countries, which is Chari's main ambition.

Boomplay, a music streaming network that is owned by the Chinese and features music from African artists and songs, has begun operations in Côte d'Ivoire.

These days, cryptocurrency is all the rage, and there's a solid reason for it. They offer a means of completing transactions without the participation of a third party, which may result in time and financial savings. They are also encrypted, so you can rest assured that the safety of your data will not be compromised in any way. In this article, we'll take a look at three cryptocurrencies that have seen a surge in popularity in recent times: Mushe Token […]

For investors in cryptocurrencies, the beginning of the year 2022 has been rather frenetic, with a lot of interesting conversations going place around various currencies. Particularly during the months of April and May, when the cryptocurrency market went through one of the craziest periods it has seen in a very long time. There has been a surge in the value of many coins as things gradually return to normal [...]

A lot of people put their money into cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu with the expectation that they will make a lot of money quickly (SHIB). Unfortunately for many, they did not buy in early enough and hence did not benefit from the meteoric gains. Due to the decline in value of the coins over the course of the past year, many of them will now be stuck at extremely high values. […]

Women make up only around one in every five people working in technology. Stutern has established the African Tech Sis Scholarship in the hopes of inspiring more women to seek employment in the technological sector and thereby further reducing this gender gap. When it comes time to enroll in any [...] program, the scholarship will give two thousand women a discount of fifty percent as well as the chance to delay payment.

Both Pancakeswap and Quickswap are examples of decentralized exchanges that are currently leading the way in the cryptocurrency marketplaces. Gnox Token, on the other hand, is a relatively new cryptocurrency that has been getting a lot of attention in the crypto industry. This essay will investigate the distinct advantages offered by PancakeSwap, QuickSwap, and Gnox, as well as evaluate the potential for the Gnox Token to join the ranks of other prominent decentralized exchange coins such as [...]

Leading global smart device brand OPPO today announced the official global launch of the 4th iteration of its OPPO Renovators Emerging Artists Project, inviting professional creatives, as well as students and professors at art and design institutes around the world, to submit interdisciplinary artwork that explores the fusion of art and tech. OPPO Renovators constructs [...] [...]

At an Event Intended to Stimulate Technological Innovation in Africa, 12 Startup Founders Were Featured as Speakers. This week, Flapmax, in cooperation with Microsoft, announced the introduction of the FAST Accelerator Founder Series. This series will showcase the work of its FAST Accelerator program graduates, which include the founders of 12 different startups representing nations all around Africa. The African entrepreneurial community will benefit from the 12-week accelerator program that [...]

Indicina, a startup based in Lagos, successfully raised $3 million earlier this week in order to close the credit gap in Africa. Learn more about the company's plans to close this credit gap with the help of this new capital here.

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has successfully closed a US$500 million investment fund. The fund will be used to back projects that can expand crypto use cases and drive the adoption of Web 3 and blockchain technologies.

Fincra, a financial technology platform, has been given an Approval in Principle (AIP) to operate as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) throughout the entirety of Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). As part of the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) commitment to the promotion of reliable and trustworthy payment systems, new license categories that are in line with both the new and existing market were granted in December of 2020. [...]

Everyone is familiar with the process of dividing up a bill, whether it is for rent, groceries, a supper out with friends, or other things associated with day-to-day living. The thought immediately comes to mind of

The startup support organization known as Draper Startup House has opened new sites in the countries of Malawi and Namibia as part of its ongoing development across Southern Africa.

The first step on Njoku Emmanuel's path toward realizing his dream of being Africa's version of Mark Zuckerberg was to market digital solutions for small businesses and work toward a solution to the state-wide water shortage. How did all this become Lazerpay? Find out.

The Infinix Note 12 has prided itself as the toughest yet most beautiful and irresistible device to be launched from the Infinix portfolio of devices. Asides its impressive specs and the fact that the launch event was an absolutely thrilling event for everyone in attendance, the journey for the users of the Note12 has only […]

It is thanks to the efforts of people in the public and private sectors in Africa who are breaking down barriers and defying odds to fix the problems and bring the nation's health sector up to pace with the potentiality of achieving universal health that Africa's health-care system has seen objective changes and attracted much attention in the last half of a century.

Through the acquisition of 83.4% of Saidan Bank, a tier 3 Kenyan bank, and the subsequent merger of Saidan Bank with Access Kenya, Access intends to expand its presence in Kenya.

After Davidson Okafor was accepted into his institution, he decided to stay off campus rather than in one of the university's unwelcoming dormitories. Unfortunately, his hunt for off-campus housing was unsuccessful. He founded Hostel.ng with the intention of assisting other students in locating high-quality housing.

Some people believe that cryptocurrencies are an investment instrument that may help them earn big returns on their capital. Investors get the chance to select companies that have a good chance of becoming profitable in the future. This could contain well-known cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL), in addition to a great number of other cryptocurrencies. The genuine jewels are new ventures that have practical applications and have the support of [...]